Cattle Industry Upturn Celebrated at Kansas City Show
Kansas City November 26. Breeders from the west and Southwest told the American royal stock show that the cattle industry is looking up after six years of doubt. Growth focuses on quality over sheer tonnage with new feeding experiments and higher standards led by purebred advocates like Judge John W. Davis and George T. Donaldson. The Matador Cattle Company reports strong demand for young stock as feeders purchase calves for Kansas State Agricultural College and other markets.
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Kansas City
American Iayal
County Farm Agenticultural College Representativ Rud
John W. Davis
Greensburg
Kan
Davis
Kiowa County
Artesian Valley
Manuel H. Davis
Westport Avenue
Missouri
New Hatton
George T. Donaldson
Kansas
Donaldson
Kansas Livesisek Associaton
John MacKenzie
Matador Cattle Company
Denver
Matador Company
Texas
Utsh
Montana
Canada
Ptme
MacKenzie
Kansas State Agricultural College
Phis Farm
Fairbank
Bouyens
J. L. Gorman
Win
Welland Rear Ks Ale
Stork
Watertond HK State Bank
Potatoes Yield 175 Bushels Better to Produce Than Corn
Iowa farmers import potatoes at 3.25 a bushel while fields with good fertility can yield 100 to 180 bushels per acre. C V Holsinger notes Blackman Brothers and J P Zink grow 160 plus bushels per acre. Experts warn against overexpansion from high prices to avoid future price drops.
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Green Mountain
Iowa
C. VY. Lintsinger
Iowa State College
eBlackmen Brothers
Marshalltown
J.P. Zink
Blackman Brothers
Holsinger
Towa
Ill Advised Registration Threat to Purebred Poultry Industry
Oscar Grow argues against a Des Moines proposed standardbred poultry registration plan in The Leghorn World. He warns breeders face score-card shows, wing tagging, and 50 cent fees, risking small flocks and rising costs, threatening industry vitality and quality.
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Oscar Grow
Poultry Journal of
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Courter Farm Department
American Poultry Association
Leghorn World
Waverly
Dle
Tle
Ile
Beets Show Promise for New Iowa Industry
Ames Iowa November 20 Professor J Witeh of Iowa State College reports deep mellow soils of northwestern Iowa are a permanent sugar beet territory with yields up to 15 tons per acre and an average of eight tons in a drought year. He credits the Sheldon Commercial club and Cherokee Chamber of Commerce with coordinating farm bureaus and county agents in Sioux O'Brien and Cherokee counties.
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Ames
Sioux
O'Brien
Cherokee
Iowa
J. Witeh
Towa State
Commercial Club
Sheldon
Twoounties
Theodore DeHoogh
John Great
Ruby
Robert Brewster
Chamber of Commerce
Nikuinger
W. R. Montgomery
Carl Hieinrich
State Hospital
Farmer Letters Prompt Community Input
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Farm Department editor at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo. Include contact details and topic focus for prompt consideration.
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Eitor Farm Department
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Fawa
Paul Stewart and Town College Buy Two Holstein Bulls
Paul P. Stewart of Har lien township Payette county and Iowa State College purchase one nine month old bull and a half interest in another. The younger calf born in April weighed 1 600 pounds and was bought from Carnation Milk farms Wisconsin for 247. The dam produced 1 600 pounds of butter.
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Maynard
Paul P. Stewart
Har Jlan Township
Payette County
Stewart
Towa State ‘College
Stewart Place
Gustay “Pabst Farms
Wisconsin
Sir Bess
Forbes
Carnation Milk Farms
Des Moines Plans Terminal Elevator Project
Des Moines may gain a terminal elevator after promoter Mee McFarlin, a 49 year old local grain dealer, announced a plan to build a facility large enough to store up to a million bushels at an estimated cost near a million dollars. McFarlin claimed the project could transform the city’s economy and rail traffic.
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Des Moines
Moines
MeeFartin
McFarlin
Grundy Poultrymen Cull Flocks in Iowa County
Grundy Center Iowa units report flocks culled under J T I Bardsley supervision as part of a state poultry program. The effort aims to improve flocks and select breeding birds for OBES funding amid a 20 year plan.
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Grundy Center
Recrat
J. TI. Bardsley
Iowa
Apres
Bardsley
Wheat closes uneasy on European buying surge
Wheat prices jumped early on fresh buying from Europe despite heavy selling. Argentine crop concerns and reports of higher yields in regions like Basar Morteros and Lit Franeta boosted upward momentum. December options moved higher with unsettled trading as traders weighed Argentina yields and global demand.
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Piarepetn
Bether
Argentina
General range in hog prices down across markets
Markets show a general decline in hog prices with Chicago and Minneapolis noting softer bids. Cattle and sheep receipts varied, with hogs carrying loosening demand while futures and cash trades moved lower in late session reports.
Market Slump Short-Lived Despite Broad Stocks Dips
New York stocks opened firm then slid in brief selling across many issues. General Motors rose to 128 while Chrysler and General Electric posted early gains. later buying pushed some shares higher as rates and policy remarks influenced sentiment. Foreign exchange and livestock sections appear amid a broad market update.
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New York
Leudsda
Cheysler
Chesapeake & Ohio
Fiske Rabber
General Motors
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Chrysler
Genaril Electric
Nickel Plate
Aled Chemical & Dye
American Carn
American Gas & Woundry
American Locnmodge
Radio Corporation
American Tobacco American
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
paAtehison - Eee
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin
Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Sree
Cativoruta
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Cerro de Basen Chand Motor
Chieascake & Ohio
Chicago & Nourthwestern
Chicago
Gulf States
Suez
Hudson Motors
Illinois Central Independent O
Int
Harvester
Nickel - Kelly-Springfast Benécots Copper
Ville & Nashylie Mack ‘Pruck
Marsland Oi
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum Kan
Rep
Ir. & Steel Reynolds Tech
San On Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con
Southern Pac
Southern Ry
Standard i
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texans Co
Texas & Pacific
Tobacco—Croducts
Union Pacific i
ye-Overland
Olworth Crysler
Wheat and corn prices on Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat and corn market quotes listed for Chicago Board of Trade trading on November 20. Prices shown include No 2 ted around 1.73, No 1 hard near 1.66, No 2 hard about 1.654, No 2 mixed around 2.50, and other grades with varied figures for white and mixed lots.
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Misixeapolis
Minneapolis
Alinn
Nu. i Northern
Borchert
Pat
Montana
Wolee
Belge
Kansas City
Chicago
Tinga
Omata Giatn
Tara
Poe
Prices for Butter Eggs Cheese and Poultry at Chicago and New York Marts
Chicago and New York markets report varied produce prices with butter and creamery items showing higher scores, eggs receipts at 7,758 cases, and cheese quotes including longhorns and daisies. Turkeys and chickens price details appear with multiple regional listings and miscellaneous checks noted.
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Chicago
New York
Springs
Abe
St. Louis
Kansas City Livestock Prices Rough and Mixed
Markets show varied receipts and weak to steady trade across hogs and cattle. cattle top around 7.25 to 5.00 for steers and feeders, hogs mostly steady with $11.15 to $11.50 for various weights, lambs generally steady, and supplies described as adequate but not strongly priced.
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Chicago
Gillis
Ali
ST. Louis
Sterdy
TSO
Vocesa
Perth
ST. Joseph
Raspberry plants protected by thin earth cover at Des Moines
Des Moines reports Woodard & Son show that covering red raspberry bushes with a shallow soil layer in winter preserves the plants and boosts next year’s yield. Uncovered plants suffer greater damage from drying winds and cold. The growers note the practice is simple, cost effective, and pays off in the following season.
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Des Moines
Woodart & Son
Woodard & Son
Waterloo
State Horticultural Society
Tama Boys Go to Chicago Stock Show Third Pig Champion
Otis Fay ward Geneses and Raymond renz Lincoln will receive free rail passes to Chicago for the fat stock show next month. The trips are funded by Wilson Jt Co and involve the champion pie club boy of the state. Young Hayward has won this honor four years running.
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Otis Fayward
Geneses
Raymond ©Renz
Lincoln
Tama County
C. G. Wo
C & N. W Railways
Farm Bureau
Young Hayward
Wilson Jt Co
Champion Pie Club
Homer Zobel
Dysart
Hana
Tama County Bos
Dutoié
Pigs Bring Solid Returns at Emil Bauer Sale
A large Cedar crowd attended the Emi Bauer sale on the Ruher farm Wednesday. Fall pigs sold around 5.10 dollars each while others reached 5.85. Horses traded to 86.98 and 315-25, corn at 55. The sale totaled about 2,500 dollars.
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Emi Bauer
Ruher
Hess Delegate to Angus Convention in Chicago
Harvey J. Hess a farmer and cattle breeder near Waterloo was named an Iowa delegate to the annual meeting of the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association at Chicago during the International Livestock Exposition from November 8 to December.
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Harvey J. Hess
Waterloo
Iowa
Rat Trouble Ends with Poison Kernels Sold at Stores
Neighbor reports rat nuisance leading to a proposed remedy using Red Fox Poison-Kernels sold at drug stores. Authorities advise caution and proper handling for pest control.
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Lin
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Towa State Horticultural Society
Elmer Reeves
Olds
Poultry Indust
Moving Picture
Strongheart
Sioux, O’brien
Subar Han
Sibar
Paul Stewart
Town College
Bulli
Grundy
Tracr
SUNIL
Joe Vetlech
Frank Jositek
Nshini Tak
Sis
J. Ch. Vodiajsky
Cront
Pepulalasg
Yier- Sistent Yaltny
Hoy Altivers
York
New
St, Paul
Lamson Bros. & Co
Biarsh-Place
Morey
Taneger
Proria Ghats
Teoria
Otton
Desinis Prives
Peremler Betas
Foley Maveety
Nye
Coltad
Nuala
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ELOUR
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Pais
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Ebsgertivtland
Sweden
Austria
Tientins Nin
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Tirazil
Ager Tae
Shanghai
Montrend
Unehainsgey
Arline
Peoria Livestock
PIA. Lan
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Board of Trade
Kansas City Livestock
Waterloo Mills Co
Trent
Tripoli
Geers
Prom
Cannes
Barclay & Sons
Bled
Cohn
Tama Boys
Emil Bauer Salle
Hess
Angus
Dr. & BD. Bothwell
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